Huang Shi was made the Governor of the Left, Shaobao and the Taibao of the Crown Prince, and was given a python robe and jade belt. At this time, Mao Wenlong had been promoted to the rank of Taibao due to his tenacious resistance in Liaodong. Among the military generals in the country, he was the only one with a higher rank than Huang Shi. Gao Yichi. In the first month of the first year of Chongzhen, Liaoyang Today, after Huang Taiji came to several brothers, he raised a letter to them: "Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty, has written again asking to negotiate peace with us." "Another letter. ?" Amin caught the word keenly. "Yes, it was a month ago. After the Dongjiang Army of the Ming Dynasty captured Haizhou, Mao Wenlong sent someone to negotiate a peace." "Liar!" He stood up, gnashed his teeth and cursed: "They are all liars in Dongjiang Town." "Fifth brother, don't worry, listen to me slowly." Huang Taiji comforted Mang Gurtai and sat down, facing the people in the room. One said: "I also thought that Mao Wenlong was here to delay the war. If he wanted to negotiate a peace, why would he attack our Haizhou? So I killed his envoy. But I didn't expect Mao Wenlong to write again. Now he is in Haizhou The city has been consolidated, I think it seems a bit strange." "What's strange, Dongjiang Town is full of liars." Mang Gurtai said in a grunt, Daishan and Amin glared at him, Mang Gu Ertai looked sideways at the ceiling, but kept his mouth shut. "Mao Wenlong emphasized again this time that it was a secret message. He said that the two communications had not been reported to Ming Ting. It seems that he was communicating with us in private." Huang Taiji emphasized. He bit the word "privately" because such communication was too easy to exploit, so Huang Taiji was quite interested in giving it a try. Amin and Daishan looked at each other, and it was Amin who asked the question: "Mao Wenlong proposed "What are the conditions?" "We withdraw from the border wall, Mao Wenlong is responsible for restraining the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town, and promises not to retaliate against us." Huang Taiji told Mao Wenlong's conditions without changing his face. "Liar, traitor!" He jumped up as if he had been burned with a red iron. This was not the first time he heard this condition, so Mang Gurti was so excited that he almost lost his self-control. He pulled his neck and shouted at Huang Taiji: "Bring the messenger Parade in the street, and then cut into pieces, I'll be the one to do it!" "Shut up!" Before Huang Taiji could speak, Daishan and Amin scolded him in unison, and Mang Gurtai's face turned red and he took an angry step. When he walked out of the tent and opened the tent door, he angrily said something: "You never believe me. Anyway, I told you that Dongjiang Town is a group of scoundrels. You can go and fight with Mao Wenlong." ." After Mang Gurtai left, Dai Shan nodded: "I think it is feasible. The former governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty was the same Yuan Chonghuan. The last time he was beaten to the ground in North Korea, he told the Ming Dynasty court about North Korea. We are far away and it doesn't matter if we lose it. North Korea is already heartbroken. But because there is a bully like Mao Wenlong by its side, North Korea has never dared to show its intention to coexist peacefully with us. Now if Mao Wenlong starts negotiating peace, North Korea will probably even less Our confidence has been exhausted." Huang Taiji stroked his palms and smiled and said: "What Big Belle said coincides with me. I also suggest giving it a try. If we can really get Mao Wenlong to negotiate peace with us, then our situation will get better again. "Master." "Well, that's right. Mao Wenlong is so annoying. Every time we fight with Mongolia, he will come and do bad things. Now that he has occupied Haizhou, there is nothing we can do against him. If we can It would be best to negotiate a peace." Since Amin also expressed his agreement, three of the four Baylors agreed to negotiate a peace with Dongjiang Town. Huang Taiji told the other two Baylors that he would go to do work for Mang Gurtai in person later. I promise to be able to explain it to him. Amin said with a nonchalant expression: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense. Anyway, Lao Wu is just one person, and there are three of us. But you have to send capable people, and be sure to tell Mao Wenlong Dizzy." "Don't worry. I will agree with Mao Wenlong first, as long as Dongjiang Town is willing to talk. As long as the vassals of the Ming Dynasty can see it." At the same time, Huang Shi has returned to Fujian, he Now the situation on the ground has become a mess. After a fierce battle between the Fujian army and the Dutch army in Penghu, although the Dutch were forced to abandon Penghu, the Fujian army thought they had no worries because they had received the guarantee from the Dutch, so they also took action from Penghu. The area retreated. In this way, a power vacuum zone appeared between Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Manila. The northern end of the entire Maritime Silk Road was an undefended area. Pirates quickly emerged to fill the gap left by the Dutch and Ming armies. It was a blank area. At present, the largest pirate leader is Zheng Yiguan. After Funing Town defeated the Dutch, he immediately disbanded the Penghu fleet. Zheng Yiguan then spent a large amount of money to hire these retired soldiers, and almost all the original blessings were collected. He also took away most of Ning's navy elites and even Funing's warships. In the first half of the seventh year of Tianqi, Zheng Yiguan began to set up checkpoints along the coast of Fujian, stipulating that every merchant ship passing through this sea area must be blocked. He paid taxes/In the second half of the seventh year of Tianqi,Zheng Yiguan's monthly income has reached more than 100,000 taels of silver. As of the eighth month of Tianqi, 43 large merchant ships from Fujian went to sea, and Zheng Yiguan kidnapped 12 of them, earning nearly 200 silver goods. Ten thousand liang, the strength became stronger, and tried to complete the unfinished business of the Dutch - to completely monopolize the maritime trade between China and Spain. In August of the seventh year of Tianqi, Zhu Yifeng, the governor of Fujian, saw that the pirates were powerful, so he ordered the Funing Navy Yu Zigao, deputy general of the South Road and chief military officer, reorganized the navy and sent troops to attack. As a result, the Daming Navy of Fujian Province was hastily formed and fought in the north in mid-September. Yu Zugao, who was severely condemned, was helpless and simply suggested "to "The barbarians suppressed the pirates" and rented Dutch ships and sailors to attack Zheng Yiguan. In October, Yu Zigao promised in writing that he would apply for a trade license from the emperor on behalf of the Dutch. After hearing the news, the Dutch assembled all the warships in Taiwan to attack Fujian Copper. Zheng Yiguan of Shandao. At this time, Zheng's army numbered more than 20,000, half of which were veterans of the navy in Funing Town. The Dutch navy collapsed at the first touch. One of the seven warships was destroyed, four were captured, and two more were He didn't even dare to return to Taiwan, but went straight to Batavia. After defeating the Dutch, Zheng Yiguan continued to spend a lot of money to recruit sailors and soldiers from Fujian and Japan. After making preparations, he began to attack Haicheng, Fujian. The entire garrison of a thousand officers and soldiers was wiped out, and all the baggage ships were owned by pirates. Zhu Yifeng, the governor of Fujian, lamented: "The gang members are all evil young men, mixed with Japanese taunts, and there are more than 30,000 people" Breaking through the sea in November After Chengdu, Zheng Yiguan gathered nearly 20,000 sailors and more than 500 ships. In December, he stormed Xiamen, where the deputy general was stationed at Funing Zhennan Road. Thousands of officers and soldiers resisted for several days and finally collapsed, and Yu Zigao fled to Quanzhou. Zheng Yiguan After the official integrated the Funing Town Navy, he continued to attack Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, etc., and tens of thousands of Funing's troops in southern Fujian collapsed and surrendered. Zheng Yiguan took away all the ships that could be taken away, and burned those that could not be taken away. "Officers and soldiers, ships. , all the weapons were reduced to nothing, and the whole Fujian was shaken. "At the end of December of the seventh year of Tianqi, Zheng Yiguan invaded Fujian from the coast. "The pirates ganged up in the interior, such as Coast ¡ö Island, Lieyu, Da ¡ö , Aotou. Liu Wudian, center left and other places were burned, looted and killed. Nine out of ten houses were fled, and people were displaced." When the South Road of Funing Town collapsed, Yu Zigao in despair sent people to the Funing Town Headquarters for help. At this time, Huangshi The troops of the Third Battalion were still on the way, and Zhao Manxiong had no troops at all, so he could only refuse Yu Zigao's request. After Zheng Yiguan annihilated the Funing Army in southern Fujian, he took the captured Ming army officers They were all released, and he also asked them to bring a letter to the court, saying that he was willing to accept the recruitment and "defend the coast" for the Ming Dynasty. After releasing the Ming army officers, Zheng Yiguan set up notices in southern Fujian, announcing that he was not allowed to pass by the merchants. Taxes were collected. Of course, he had to pay him a protection fee when he went to sea. The Chief Secretary of Fujian reported to the court: "The sea is full of thieves, the people have no sails to travel, and the traders are physically cut off." After this memorial arrived in the capital, Chongzhen immediately ordered the arrest of Yu. Zigao asked for the crime. At the same time, there was a quarrel in the court. Some people advocated that Huang Shi personally go out to clear out the pirates in the Minhai area, but many people advocated recruiting Zheng Yiguan and promoting him to the coastal defense officer of Funing Town. At present, The situation on the ground was that the Nanxie Association in Funing Town had collapsed. Although Huangshi was famous, he and his troops were never known for water warfare. In the end, the emperor decided to order Huangshi to start suppressing the bandits, and at the same time planned to promote Xiong Wencan to the governor of Fujian, so that Use both suppression and appeasement. However, Fujian Province and Funing Town still have to raise their own military expenses. After Chongzhen carried out a major tax reduction, the income of the inner treasury was almost completely cut off, and it was no longer possible to subsidize the national treasury. Therefore, the Donglin Party proposed to increase the agricultural tax. Increase the agricultural income. Taxation did not start from the Chongzhen Dynasty. Although the Wanli Dynasty set the agricultural tax at approximately one-thirtieth of farmers' income, Wanli still added a total of five million Liao land. However, in the Wanli and Tianqi dynasties, once a certain province When a natural disaster occurs, the imperial court will reduce or reduce taxes in the province. Emperor Chongzhen intended to work hard, but unfortunately he was seriously short of money, so he stipulated that taxes in each province must be collected in full, and officials were not allowed to delay. At the same time, the Chongzhen and Donglin cabinets believed that it should be shown In the new dynasty, it was decided to investigate the accumulated shortfalls and abuses in various provinces in an attempt to make up for all the gaps left by previous dynasties. Taking Shaanxi as an example, the Wanli Dynasty estimated that each mu of grain produced could be sold for about five cents of silver, and the tax per mu was about two cents of silver. The upper Liao rate was two cents and seven cents, which amounted to about four cents to five cents of silver. In the Wanli and Tianqi years, not only would this amount be waived when there was a famine, but related relief would also be provided. In the first year of Chongzhen, The emperor's inner treasury was no longer able to provide relief to the disaster-stricken areas in Shaanxi. Not only that, Chongzhen also ordered that taxes be collected without discrimination. In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the military rations, weapons, and uniforms of various military towns in Shaanxi were raised by the military towns themselves. After entering the Little Ice Age, , mainly subsidized by miscellaneous taxes collected from Wanli. Now that the source of internal currency land is almost exhausted, the Donglin Party proposes to follow a whip rule and distribute this tax equally to the farmers in the disaster-stricken areas of Shaanxi, which is equivalent to two yuan per mu. , the emperor approved this proposal. In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court set up a horse administration in the district of Shaanxi, and specially designated pastures for raising horses for military use. By the first year of Chongzhen, the Shaanxi horse administration should have existed on paper. There are 570,000 war horses and draft horses, but in fact there are not even a single horse bone, and the pastures have long since degraded and disappeared.sp; During the Wanli Dynasty, military horses were mainly purchased with the income from land and mineral taxes in local currency. After the Donglin Party of the Taichang Dynasty abolished the mineral tax, Wei Zhongxian, who was born as an old farmer, did not dare to make plans for poor farmers. So he secretly ordered Dongchang to investigate the civil and military affairs Which of the officials has money, and then collects horses by granting the right to ride horses in the Forbidden City (this policy has been discussed before in this book, so I won¡¯t go into details here). After defeating the evil Wei Zhongxian, Mr. Donglin immediately took advantage of this forbidden land. The law of the people and the land is abolished. However, cutting up Wei Zhongxian cannot create 570,000 horses out of thin air in Shaanxi, but the Jiubian Army Town still needs a supply of horses. The gentlemen of Donglin are not old farmers, and they do not have the small farmer consciousness of Wei Zhongxian , the Donglin cabinet first passed the responsibility for the abandoned horse administration land to Wei Zhongxian, and then told the emperor that the reason why he could not raise horses now was because the horse farms were occupied by "unruly people" from Shaanxi for farming, so they suggested that the emperor use a whip For example, in Shaanxi Province, five coins per mu of silver were added to buy horses. Chongzhen approved this plan. During Zhang Juzheng's time, the number of clan members in the Ming Dynasty had increased greatly. In order to save money, Zhang Juzheng only gave 80% of the rated land supply. When it came time to ask for money, After the shameless Wanli came to power, he was only willing to give 50% or even less to some clans. Moreover, Emperor Wanli also creatively understood the method of not giving names and therefore not giving money. During his reign, some distant clansmen of the Ming Dynasty had no money for their entire lives. He could not get the official title, so he could not eat the royal food. The method of increasing taxes was to supplement part of the clan's needs. Chongzhen agreed to this proposal, and Shaanxi received another increase in taxes. In addition, the Donglin Party claimed to want To control floods and increase production in Shaanxi, follow a whip rule Moreover, the Donglin Party believes that the cost of transporting grain land to Gansu and Shaanxi military towns should not rely entirely on salt imports Also, It was originally assessed by Zhang Juzheng as income per mu in good years. But in Shaanxi Province, where four or five taels of silver were given, the emperor and the Donglin Party set a total land tax of 2 taels of silver for farmers in the first year of Chongzhen. ¡ Huang Shi returned to Fujian at the end of the first year, and at this time the imperial court arrested Yu. Zigao's order had just arrived. After hearing the news, he immediately went to Quanzhou to meet Zhu Yifeng, the governor of Fujian. After meeting Governor Zhu, Huang Shi was not polite and said bluntly: "Master Zhu, the general is not good at naval warfare. If you take Mr. Yu If the general goes to jail, he will not know how to train the navy, let alone destroy the bandits." He could not protect himself, let alone protect Yu Zigao. He smiled bitterly at Huang Shi and said, "Huang Shuai, this time the bandits came straight in" In Fujian province, the imperial censor has already made a huge fuss over such a big matter. How can it be possible not to hold people accountable for this? "Mr. Zhu, there are at least 10,000 to 20,000 thieves now who are originally the officers and soldiers of Funing Town. If the imperial court had not withdrawn the Penghu Navy before, it would not have evolved to this stage now." Zhu Yifeng nodded repeatedly. , casually echoed: "What Huang Shuai said is that it is all the traitor Wei Ni. If he had not withdrawn the Penghu coastal defense, there would indeed be no chaos today, but it is useless to say anything now." Zheng Yiguan himself hopes to The matter was aggravated in order to recruit people, so they could justifiably collect protection fees by building cards in Fujian. The main force in the Zheng Army was also the former Funing Town local officers and soldiers, so there was a market for accepting recruitment among the Zheng Army. Historically, after Xiong Wencan took action, Zheng Yiguan immediately He accepted the court's recruitment and became a coastal defense guerrilla in Funing Town. After the death of the Ming Dynasty magistrate, Zheng Yiguan worked closely with the Funing Town Army and used the resources of the court to annihilate other major pirates on the Fujian Sea. It was stipulated that from Taiwan All ships passing through the strait must pay taxes to him, otherwise the safety of merchant cargo ships will not be guaranteed. Eight years after Chongzhen, Zheng Yiguan's annual income was more than millions of taels of silver. He monopolized the southeastern coast with his official status and fleet in the Ming Dynasty. If it were just personal feelings, Huang Shi still had a good impression of the Zheng family. He still remembered that when he went to Xiamen when he was a child, an adult once pointed to a statue on Gulangyu Island and said to him: "This It is the national hero Zheng Chenggong. He regained the territory of his motherland from the foreigners, and his fame will be passed down from generation to generation." At that time, Huangshi's elders also told him: "The biggest wrong thing Zheng Chenggong did in his life was to promote a traitor named Shi Lang. Because Shi Lang was greedy for wealth and honor, he abandoned his parents' country, sold his ancestral clothes and culture to foreigners, and dyed his headband red with the blood of his compatriots. A kneeling statue of Shi Lang should really be built in front of Zheng Chenggong's statue. ! " When Huang Shi grew up, he gradually realized that Zheng Chenggong's father worked in the same way as Shi Lang. When the Qing troops went south, Zheng Yiguan, who was regarded as the Qiancheng of the country by Emperor Longwu, reached a private agreement with the Manchus. He betrayed Emperor Longwu of the Ming Dynasty and the people of Fujian who had placed great trust in him. When the Manchus brutally massacred the people thirty miles along the coast, Zheng Yiguan, a Quanzhou native, humbly asked the Manchus to grant him the title of The "King of Minhai" finally took his savings of tens of millions to go to Beijing to live in pigtails and live in an apartment. But Zheng Chenggong said loudly: "If the father is not a loyal minister, the son will not be a filial son." He flatly rejected the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Because of Zheng Chenggong, Huang Shi originally had no ill feelings towards the Zheng family and had no murderous intentions towards the Zheng family, but now Huang ShiThey are officers and soldiers. And Zheng Yiguan is a pirate. This is not a personal grudge. Huang Shi said to himself in his heart, then raised his head and asked Zhu Yifeng: "I dare to ask Mr. Zhu whether he is the chief governor or the chief suppressor. ? " Zhu Yifeng was of course the leader of the suppression, but now it seems that it can no longer be suppressed. Since the imperial court has moved to activate Xiong Wencan, it means that the main group has gained the upper hand in the imperial court. Zheng Yiguan repeatedly claimed that he would Accepting the recruitment, it seems that Xiong Wencan will most likely be able to get the recruitment done, but Zhu Yifeng may lose the chance of comeback forever because of "improper handling and causing chaos." Zhu Yifeng has been thinking about it these days. His future was almost desperate. He could only smile bitterly when he heard Huang Shi ask such words: "The Nanxie Navy was destroyed and General Yu was imprisoned. Is there anything else Huang Shuai can do?" "There are no bones left to build bridges and pave roads. Killing people, setting fires with gold belts, gathering people to cause chaos, attacking prefectures and counties, and then being recruited and transformed into officials. How can it be so cheap in the world?" Huang Shi sneered a few times with his hands behind his back, and said loudly to Zhu Yifeng: "Master Zhu, what's the matter? The general believes that the punishment should be strictly suppressed and no recruitment will be carried out." "Huang Shuai is very courageous, but the government only handles domestic bandits." "That is to deal with the refugees who cannot afford to eat, not to deal with pirates and Japanese pirates. .This time the bandits went deep into the country and killed tens of thousands of officers, soldiers and civilians, which led to the impeachment of Mr. Zhu and Old General Yu. General Yu even feared for his life. If General Yu had been in trouble, he would have allowed the last general and General Yu to be impeached. It would be unthinkable for thieves and bandits to become colleagues." "Huang Shuai said well!" Zhu Yifeng couldn't help but agree. Zheng Yiguan conquered many states and counties this time, and Zhu Yifeng's official position was also disturbed. Otherwise, if Zhu Yifeng loses his official position and sees Zheng Yiguan becoming an official of the imperial court, then he feels that he will be pissed to death. However, after being angry, Zhu Yifeng thought for a while and became discouraged again: "But there are no provisions, ships, sailors, and no navy generals. How can we start the suppression?" Huang Shi gently took off his official hat, held it in his hands and said seriously to Zhu Yifeng: "Master Zhu, The last general is willing to use this black gauze as a guarantee for General Yu. He has submitted a memorial to the imperial court to suppress the pirates. I wonder if Lord Zhu is willing to take the lead in the memorial." Hearing these words, Zhu Yifeng was surprised and happy. Ordinarily, this incident was originally planned. It's not Huangshi's turn to be unlucky. If Huangshi keeps silent, Zheng Yiguan will most likely become his nominal subordinate. There is no big problem in protecting Yu Zigao in the name of Huangshi's current place, but as long as the imperial court passes the suppression proposal, then he Zhu Yifeng will probably keep his official position. Of course, this preservation is only temporary. If the bandit suppression fails in the end, the punishment will become more severe. Zhu Yifeng knows that he will only lose his official position if he retreats bravely, and if he fails to suppress the bandits again, he will lose his official position. , it is estimated that there will be a murderous disaster. After he was surprised, he hesitated again: "Huang Shuai, I wonder if the suppression is successful?" Success." Zhu Yifeng thought about it and found that the time limit of two years is not too long, and the court can probably accept it. If the situation does not deteriorate too much by then, his activities may be transferred elsewhere. Even if it worsens, It's too powerful, and maybe you won't be charged with the death penalty. It's better than hanging up your hands and losing your official position now. Thinking of this, Zhu Yifeng expressed his approval of Huangshi's plan: "Since Huang Shuai is so sure, I will also use this The two of them quickly wrote the emergency report, and then they began to discuss military issues. Zhu Yifeng immediately proposed: "Funing Town originally had eight camps. In my opinion, It may not be enough. I think that the commander can be stationed on Changsheng Island for the sake of my opinion. The water battle is naturally quite good, and there is no chance to show it. Besides, Huang Shuai has outstanding martial arts and has made great contributions to the country. Since Huang Shuai is so affectionate Sincerely, I must protect Yu Zigao from his crimes and perform meritorious service. I think it is difficult to refute this memorial." The boy in the dragon robe thought about it for a while and felt that what Qian Longxi said was true. He nodded and said: "Yu Zigao What crime should Gao originally have? " "Back to the Holy Emperor, I think that Yu Zigao's crime deserves death. However, he has guarded the border for many years and regained Penghu for the country. Even if he is sentenced to death, I think that the crime should be reduced by one level, and deprivation of his worldly duties will be enough." "Okay. .Since the crime does not deserve death, then let Huang Shuai guarantee that he will serve the crime and serve." "The Holy One has seen Wanli clearly." When Qian Longxi returned, he issued an imperial edict to Fujian, changing the Fu policy to a suppression policy. At the same time, he withheld the removal of Zhu Yifeng and the promotion of Xiong Wencan. For the governor of Fujian, he went to recruit Zheng Yiguan's imperial edict. After get off work in the evening, Qian Longxi went to visit Sun Chengzong in person. Since it was a cabinet minister's visit, Sun Chengzong naturally did not dare to neglect it. After the two people sat down, they divided the host and guest. After a long time, Sun Chengzong finally asked Qian Longxi about the purpose of his visit, and the latter told Sun Chengzong about today's memorial from Huang Shi and Zhu Yifeng, as well as the cabinet decision. Sun Chengzong asked in confusion: "Brother Jishan, what does this mean? I have never heard that Huangshi is good at water warfare, let alone the military strength of Funing Town.How can we quickly defeat the Japanese pirates? " "It was originally meant to frustrate his edge! "Qian Longxi sneered, picked up the tea and drank it. When the eunuch cabinet transferred Huangshi to quell the She'an Rebellion, in addition to wanting to share Mao Wenlong's strength, they also felt that Huangshi was too popular, so they planned to let him Spend some energy in the southwest. Unexpectedly, the She'an Rebellion lasted for several years. After Huangshi arrived, he first marched three thousand miles to come to the rescue, and then put an end to the She'an Rebellion in one fell swoop. Although Huangshi gave all the credit to Zhang Heming, people with a discerning eye It is still easy to see who takes the credit for this. Not only the ministers in the court thought so, but also the storytellers in the capital also attributed this credit to Huangshi. In their mouths, Zhang Heming's success in pacifying the southwest was actually regarded as Zhang Heming's contribution. After Chongzhen received the memorial after the She'an Rebellion subsided, he immediately asked the cabinet if he could bestow a title on Huang Shi. This scared the civil servants quite a bit. Huang Shi was only thirty years old, but now he had a hint of edge. Overriding the trend of civil servants, how could they get it with more time? So they tried their best to persuade the emperor to give up this idea. They said that it was not appropriate for the former emperor to go and reward him heavily, and at the same time, the new emperor should be careful in using famous imperial weapons after he ascended the throne. Qian Longxi took a slow sip of tea, and then leaned towards Sun Chengzong: "The Holy One has announced that Zhang Weng and Yuan Chonghuan have come to Beijing, and they probably want to ask about Ping Liao Ce. In my opinion, this man would probably recommend Huangshi to be the governor of Liaodong, right? ¡± Sun Chengzong knew that Qian Longxi¡¯s attitude towards Zhang Heming was not very friendly. Because Qian Longxi also served as the right minister of the Ministry of War, but was dismissed by Wei Zhongxian, but the old man Zhang Heming has always been a roly-poly in the political arena, and even when he was at his worst, He got the title of Minister of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing. Zhang Heming's article was impeccable from beginning to end. Even if Wei Zhongxian wanted to punish him, he had no good excuse. In the end, he simply sent him to the southwest, hoping that the old man would kick his legs if he was acclimatized. Unexpectedly, this happened The old man in the Seventy-Sixth Land not only lived more and more vigorously, but also took advantage of the great victory in Huangshi to reach a higher level. Originally, the Donglin Party like Qian Longxi, who was dismissed from office in the Tianqi Dynasty, was envious, jealous and hateful of this old man. Now they are even more jealous. But even if they were dissatisfied with Old Man Zhang before, they dare not let it out now. After all, Old Man Zhang¡¯s achievements and qualifications are there. Unlike Qian Longxi, Sun Chengzong and Zhang Heming still have a very good relationship. Except for the relationship with his teacher Ye Xianggao, Sun Chengzong did not have any bad luck in the Tianqi Dynasty, and he got along pretty well. For this reason, Li Biao, Qian Longxi and others in the Donglin Party did not have much regard for Sun Chengzong. No matter how good I look at him, I always feel that he is not one of our own who shares the same hardships. Since the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Donglin Party cabinet has also been very repulsive to Sun Chengzong, so Sun Chengzong and Zhang Heming have some sympathy. "I'm afraid so." Qian Longxi said after thinking: "Some people are criticizing Zhang Weng behind his back, saying that he got his official position through Wei Ni." "That's nonsense! "Some people say that Huang Shi is also in cahoots with Wei Ni." "This is even more groundless. Huang Shi is upright, I guarantee that he will never do this." "Then why did Wei Ni give these two such a big credit?" ? " Sun Chengzong suddenly became silent. After so many years, he has long seen through the affairs in the officialdom. Sun Chengzong remembered that the Donglin Party used to use the three cases to criticize others and accuse others of being against the party. Now it has defeated other political parties. The Donglin Party drew their swords, looked around at a loss, and began to accuse each other of being remnants of the Eunuch Party. All Donglin factions slapped each other with hats of being anti-Party. "Brother Kaiyang, I support Zhang Wengdi. You see, I They even suppressed the imperial edict summoning Yuan Chonghuan to the capital. There was no need to send an urgent message, and the edict was vague. They arranged for dismissal treatment along the way. After Yuan Chonghuan received the edict, he set off for the capital. It was not until July anyway. By that time, Zhang Weng had probably dealt with the aftermath of the Southwest crisis, and maybe he could arrive before Yuan Chonghuan? " "Yuan Chonghuan is not a man who has never fought in wars. The great victories at Ningyuan and Juehua were all due to his planning. He killed more than two thousand weapons that time, which was the best victory against the northern captives in a hundred years." "Kaiyang Brother, I remember Huang Shi was there that time, right? " "Yes, but the relationship between Yuan Chonghuan and Huang Shi seems to be very bad." "That's right! Qian Longxi patted the table gently, and then said seriously to Sun Chengzong: "The cabinet has reached an agreement, and Huangshi cannot be used in Liaoning affairs. If Zhang Weng does not recommend this person to the emperor, we will support Zhang Weng to supervise Liaodong, otherwise , we would rather have Yuan Manzi. Zhang Weng must be able to listen to Brother Jin Kaiyang, and this matter will be easy."